Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Welcome to the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy’s Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).
The PDMP is available for online queries from the following Colorado licensed individuals:
- Physicians;
- Dentists;
- Physician Assistants;
- Veterinarians;
- Pharmacists;
- Nurses with Prescriptive Authority;
- Podiatrists;
- Optometrists;
- Resident Physicians with Training Licenses.
The Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program was originally authorized by law in 2005 and reauthorized in 2011. This PDMP provides a database of controlled substance prescriptions that have been dispensed by registered Colorado pharmacies, including those that are located outside of Colorado but ship prescriptions into Colorado. The purpose of the database is to provide objective information to assist practitioners and pharmacists in providing appropriate treatment for their patients.
The program allows practitioners and pharmacists to gather information about the patients they serve and to ensure that their prescribing and dispensing is appropriate for the circumstances presented. For instance, if a patient is taking OxyContin, the prescriber would be able to review when the patient was first prescribed the drug, how many providers have prescribed for the patient, how often, and from what pharmacies the patient has received controlled drugs. The prescriber would determine whether the patient is taking the medication appropriately or making other uses of it.
The information collected by the PDMP is only accessible online by the above listed license types. Patients may receive their own personal data by contracting the PDMP. Law Enforcement may contact the PDMP to obtain prescriber or patient data. A court order or subpoena is required for such release. Regulatory Boards within the Division of Registrations or the Director of the Division of Registrations may obtain prescriber data. Here again, a court order or subpoena is required to affect such release.
The State has contracted with GHS Data Management to administer the database and manage the collection of the data. All information is transferred to and from the database via a secure web portal or secure file transfer.
For more information, please visit www.coloradopdmp.org. This is the website set up for the submission of data as well as queries to the Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
You may contact the program at (303) 894-5957 or via email at PDMPInqr@dora.state.co.us.
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